The role of North Korea in the Ukraine War becomes increasingly taking more prominence. President Zelenski ensures that the Russians used a ballistic missile supplied by Pyongyang. “One more evidence of the criminal nature of this alliance.”
According to the British newspaper Zelenski’s statements are a reminder of the growing dependence of the Kremlin of soldiers and ammunition and, “what is more important”, of its missiles. Even so, both Russia and North Korea “insist that There has not been a transfer of weapons that violate UN sanctions “.
However, experts have been able to “form a clear image of Korea’s material in Russia” through satellite images, verified videos of social networks and intercepted military reports. In this sense, Pyongyang has supplied Moscow from multiple launch rockets and long -range artillery, to ballistic missiles.
“North Korea had supplied Russia 148 KN-23 and KN-24 ballistic missiles Earlier this year, “according to reports attributed to the Ukraine Military Espionage Agency, to which the newspaper has had access. “The missiles are of the type that is believed to be used in this week’s mortal attack against kyiv, which also wounded at least 90 people.”
In this sense, a joint investigation of the agency Reuters And the Open Source Center, an independent research organization based in the United Kingdom, discovered that millions of their projectiles had reached the front line by sea and then by train. “64 shipments were tracked, which included almost 16,000 containers and millions of artillery projectiles for use against Ukraine.”
“Since September 2023, North Korea has sent more than 15,000 containers that probably contain more than four million artillery and rocket projectiles, potentially worth several billions of dollars,” explains the research report, collected by The Guardian.
In the study an expert is cited that the contribution of the Ukrainian army “represented up to 70% of the ammunition used by the units of the Russian artillery“Other experts said North Korea had supplied Russia with a combination of obsolete or surplus ammunition, as well as newer weapons that have now been tested on the ground in the war against Ukraine.
In statements consulted by the environment, Tianran Xuan expert in military technology of the Open Nuclear Network, affirms that “if the war continues, it is most likely that the supply of weapons from North Korea to Russia increases even more.” In fact, The combat performance of these teams in Ukraine “will give Pyonyang a valuable opportunity to evaluate and perfect national weapons systems.”
“In exchange for his lethal aid, Moscow is likely to correspond to Korea with technological, military weapons, further strengthening their offensive and defensive abilities,” he concludes in the publication.
